Itinerary · Île-de-France
Paris in a weekend: essential museums
A quick city break in the capital, taking in the Louvre, Orsay, and the intimacy of the Rodin and Marmottan Monet museums — designed for a weekend, with no wasted distance.
2 days · 5 stops · Quick stop
Overview
Numbers follow the order of the route, day by day — the dashed line is indicative, not a precise driving route.
Day 1
The Louvre and Orsay, the essentials
Two unmissable museums a few hundred metres apart: the largest museum in the world, then the city's finest Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collection, before a final free stop in the gilded rooms of the Petit Palais.
The world's largest museumMuseum · Paris
Musée du Louvre
The Louvre Museum, located in Paris, is a national domain and art museum. A major art institution, the museum preserves collections of sculpture, painting and…
Paris' top-rated museumMuseum · Paris
Musée d'Orsay
The Musée d'Orsay is a museum of art and modern art located in Paris. It holds a significant place in French cultural heritage. The museum focuses on modern…
Free and gildedMuseum · Paris
Petit Palais
The Petit Palais is the fine arts museum of the City of Paris, located on Avenue Winston-Churchill in the 8th arrondissement. It has permanent collections…
Day 2
Rodin and Monet, the intimacy of the masters
Morning in the sculpture garden of the Hôtel Biron, where Rodin worked until his death; afternoon in the world's largest Monet collection, away from the Louvre's crowds.
Sculpture gardenMuseum · Paris
Musée Rodin
The Rodin Museum is located in Paris in the Hôtel Biron, on Rue de Varenne. An institution dedicated to the work of sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), it…
The largest Monet collectionMuseum · Paris
Musée Marmottan Monet
The Marmottan Monet Museum, housed in Paul Marmottan's Empire-style mansion in Paris, is a major venue dedicated to Impressionism and nineteenth-century…
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